What Sociology Students Gain from Sociological Curricula
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Assessment and SoTL - Research
Abstract
Sociological SoTL scholars have stressed the importance of developing students' sociological imagination, but they have struggled to define what the sociological imagination is and it develops. This study proposes a conceptualization of the sociological imagination as a skill and provides a theoretical framework of how that skill is developed. Then applies this framework to survey data from # undergraduate students to answer two research questions: 1. Does exposure to sociological curriculum influence students development of their sociological imagination. 2. Does that influence on students' sociological imagination persist after they are no longer in a sociology course. Preliminary findings suggest they do.
Session Format
Presentation
Location
Scarbrough Five
Recommended Citation
Palmer, Nathan S., "What Sociology Students Gain from Sociological Curricula" (2020). SoTL Commons Conference. 105.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2020/105
What Sociology Students Gain from Sociological Curricula
Scarbrough Five
Sociological SoTL scholars have stressed the importance of developing students' sociological imagination, but they have struggled to define what the sociological imagination is and it develops. This study proposes a conceptualization of the sociological imagination as a skill and provides a theoretical framework of how that skill is developed. Then applies this framework to survey data from # undergraduate students to answer two research questions: 1. Does exposure to sociological curriculum influence students development of their sociological imagination. 2. Does that influence on students' sociological imagination persist after they are no longer in a sociology course. Preliminary findings suggest they do.
